The general's wife is sick

"I don't know where Ali is now."

Princess Guangyang was sitting on the chair, her brows were tightly frowned, her expression was worried, after only half a day, the lips that had been carefully maintained in the past had already started to peel.

"Mother, no news at this time is the best news." Ji Liu comforted her.

After Xiong Jinghai ordered people to take the best precautions in the general's mansion, he led his troops out of the gate of the mansion. Zhu Changyuan led his men to stand guard at the gate of the mansion. He also sent crossbowmen to guard against the walls. The shouts of killing on the street continued until nightfall When it came, it stopped for a while.

Under Zhu Changyuan's orderly arrangement, the guards from the mansion have been replaced by others to eat and rest.

The three little ones had already been placed in Ji Liu's bedroom, Sister Chun and Cheng took the two big ones and the three young ones to play in the inner room, while Princess Guangyang and Ji Liu were also gathered outside the bedroom at the moment, Dahui and Tuanmo were a little irritable when they rioted on the street, but now they are quiet because of their company.

"Now that the whereabouts of the two of them are unknown, I feel uneasy."

"Mother, the streets are so turbulent, the situation must be even more dangerous for the emperor in the palace."

Although Ji Liu said so, his expression did not show any anxiety for Emperor Xuande.

He diverted Princess Guangyang's attention in this way just to make her less worried and blamed. After all, Xiong Zhengli disappeared in the chaos because Yan Bao was living outside. It is reasonable for Princess Guangyang to blame Yan Bao.

"Brother Huang is no longer the immature child who is at the mercy of the Queen Mother. After Brother Huang ascended the throne, the Queen Mother used his young name to control the government. After so many years, until Brother Huang became full-fledged, the Queen Mother was still greedy for power and refused to let go. , There will be a battle between their mother and son."

Princess Guangyang sighed, but the topic really followed Ji Liukai's head.

Ji Liudao, "The emperor's princes are all grown-ups, but the queen mother still can't see the situation of the court clearly. If it's a smart person, wouldn't it be good to stay in the harem for the rest of the year? After all, she has the credit for supporting the emperor's ascension to the throne. Not to mention the high risk, even if something unexpected happens to the emperor, isn't she afraid that the people of the world will poke their backs?"

Princess Guangyang shook her head slowly, "Liu Er, you don't understand, you have been raised in Zhucheng with the old lady in your family since you were born, and you have never had any power in your hands. You can't personally experience the power of supreme power. Happiness, that is something that will make people swell until they lose their minds, as long as you taste it and then want to let go, it is not so easy."

Ji Liu was speechless, he was indeed born in a small place, and in his last life he was also a hardworking worker, so he really didn't understand the power that Princess Guangyang said made people lose their minds and was reluctant to let go.

If it were replaced by him one day ascending to the position of holding power, he would definitely lie flat, and someone would move forward with a heavy burden, wouldn't it be nice for him to be at ease?

The important thing is that once the empress dowager let go, according to Emperor Xuande's concept of governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, the empress dowager supported him to ascend the throne and helped him stabilize the court for many years. She must be the most prosperous woman in the entire harem.

But as Princess Guangyang said, the queen mother has already enjoyed the days of calling the wind and rain, and it may not be easy for her to spend her life in the harem safely.

"What mother said is, is the emperor in danger?"

Ji Liu brought up the old story again. Although he was absolutely sure that Emperor Xuande would not be in danger, the boxes of rabbit fur coats and woolen blankets he sent to the palace were full of gunpowder. Place them in every corner of the palace.

Not to mention the small and lethal Liannu and Iron Arrow, there is no shortage of them in the palace!

If it was really a last resort, the imperial palace might be the first place where sparks exploded in the entire capital.

"No, although they dare to do something in the palace, they need to be famous for everything. Before they get the edict of abdication, the emperor will not be in danger for the time being, but the capital is dangerous. King Rui and the people sent by the prime minister are afraid that this turmoil will last for a few days." Speaking of this, Princess Guangyang began to worry again, "That's why I'm even more worried about Ah Li."

"..." Turning around, the topic was brought back by Princess Guangyang again, Ji Liu said that he was incompetent in admonishing, and he sighed that he was not as good as chatting with women.

In the palace, Emperor Xuande was protected by a small number of guards and retreated to the Shangqing Pavilion. The queen mother wore the court clothes that she was honored as the queen mother when Emperor Xuande ascended the throne when he was young, and she listened to the government behind the curtain. She was graceful and luxurious, quite imposing.

Surrounded by Nanny Jin, the Empress and a group of guards, she stood domineeringly at the entrance of Shangqing Pavilion.

In the past, the palace was magnificent, disciplined and extremely quiet, but now it is even more audible. Even the birds that usually fly in the palace garden do not know where to hide now.

Through the gate of the Shangqing Pavilion, the Queen Mother's voice clearly reached Emperor Xuande's ears, "My son, the Queen Mother doesn't want to be so entangled with you, you might as well raise your eyes to see your situation, the Queen Mother advises you to go early." It’s better to write down the edict of abdication.”

Emperor Xuande pushed away Shen Lin who was guarding him, took a step forward, and said in a loud voice, "Thank you for your mother's concern. Now, my mother has sent so many guards to protect my son for his safety. My son is extremely grateful. Queen Mother and Rong Erchen think about it for two more days?"

The queen coughed twice, leaned closer to the queen mother and said, "The emperor is just delaying the time. Once the time is too long, the Northwest Army will definitely come to help."

The queen mother covered her mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief and sneered, "The Ai family knows it."

Seeing the queen mother's movements, the queen couldn't help taking a few steps back to distance herself from her.

Recently, her body has become more and more useless, but the imperial physician still said that she was just qi-deficiency, and the soups and medicines prescribed were mainly warm and nourishing. She knew that the imperial physician who could serve in the palace for many years would rather do nothing, but hope that there is nothing wrong with her body. Exactly how, she does not know the truth now.

The queen's breathing was a little short, she was anxious to pave the way for King Rui, and she only wanted to encourage the queen mother to help King Rui seize the throne as soon as possible.

"The Ai family knows that you are anxious. The edict of abdication has already been prepared, but without the emperor's dragon seal, even if flowers bloom on the edict, it is just a piece of waste paper." The queen mother couldn't help but said angrily, "The emperor has already taken precautions , the Ai family ordered people to search his bedroom inside and out, but they couldn't find where the dragon seal was hidden!"

"Looking at the emperor's actions now, I'm afraid that the dragon seal is undoubtedly hidden in the Shangqing Pavilion."

The queen looked up at this majestic palace. This is the place where the emperor and the ministers usually discuss their affairs. It is the most suitable place to hide here.

"The Ai family thinks so too." The Queen Mother replied.

but……

Two of the most powerful women in the world stood outside the Shangqing Pavilion. Although some of the guards had already defected, there was still a city defense army in charge of the emperor outside the city. If King Rui and the Prime Minister could not resist the city defense army, they would have failed , that only they would not help even if they trapped Emperor Xuande here.

At this time, the queen mother couldn't help feeling more angry. Wang Zhiyuan was pulled down, which caused her to lose the city defense army. Later, she did not have the idea of ​​​​touching the city defense army, but Emperor Xuande saw it too deadly, and firmly controlled the city defense army. She refused to let go of the post of General Fang, and she had absolutely no need to quarrel with Emperor Xuande on this matter, so this matter was shelved.

The Empress Dowager took a step back and looked at the whole cold hall and said, "Surround this place first. There is no food or water. Aijia wants to see how long the emperor can hide inside!"

The guards who turned against the Queen Mother surrounded the Shangqing Pavilion, but the guards in the Shangqing Pavilion were all loyal.

They uniformly wear iron armor, and each joint is protected by reinforced iron sheets. The iron armor on the chest and back is added with rattan armor made of dried hemp stems. It is thick and does not affect the mobility. Cooperating with the iron armor can block multiple injuries from steel knives and bows and arrows. He stepped on the cowhide boots that Xiong Jinghai bought and sold to Wang Zhiyuan. The quiver of arrows, and the main hall of Shangqing Pavilion is full of continuous crossbows and quiveres neatly filled with iron arrows.

Armed from head to toe, they all look like Predators.

These guards are some distance away from the gate of the palace, which is locked and blocked by a table. The distance between the guards and the doors and windows is just the farthest range of bows and arrows, which greatly guarantees that if the queen mother can't help sending When people shoot with bows and arrows, they will not be injured by sudden bows and arrows.

Shen Lin helped Emperor Xuande to rest in the apse, where there were neatly placed Northwest baked naans...on the long table, the height of a person was stacked, and beside them were dried rabbits and bacon, all of which were season willows. Easy-to-storage food sent to the palace.

Not only Emperor Xuande, but even the food for the guards around him, Shen Lin has already prepared, sufficient water and food, so that these guards can stay in the palace and wait for rescue with peace of mind.

What's even more exasperating is that before Emperor Xuande, Shen Lin prepared a small jar for burning knives.

On the ground floor of the apse, Shen Lin had already ordered someone to quietly dig a small cellar under the floor tiles, where most of the gunpowder bombs were stored, and the rest of the gunpowder bombs were placed in a very secret place in the palace by the spy Xiao Fuzi Well, Xiao Fuzi is clearly a member of the Empress Dowager, so he is the only one who can move freely in the palace.

Compared with the tense and dangerous atmosphere outside, Emperor Xuande was more like taking an indoor outing in Shangqing Pavilion.

"When this matter is over, let Ji Liu transport these things to various places in the north. With these things that are easy to preserve, I think every winter, my people will be able to survive without missing a single one." Emperor Xuande spoke very easily, He had read the brochures on Ji Liu, which contained all aspects of state affairs and production, and Emperor Xuande was secretly surprised by some of the ideas.

Shen Lindao, "Your Majesty, I heard from Mrs. Yipin that the bacon seems to be preserved in the hot and humid south."

"Then let him toss around. He has many ideas and thoughtful ideas."